Canadian pianist Avan Yu won this year's Missouri Southern International Piano Competition on Friday, April 26, 2008. Yu, who won the Youth Division of the Missouri competition in 2002, comes away with the grand prize of $15,000 plus a debut recital at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall in New York on Monday, October 13, 2008. Read More...

The Vancouver Symphony has chosen Avan Yu as the featured soloist for their national tour of Canada in 2009, featuring performances in Vancouver, Montreal, Toronto, Quebec City and the National Arts Centre in Ottawa. Read More...

Upon hearing Avan in his Montreal recital at the Maison de la Jeunesses Musicales du Canada, prominent music critic Claude Gingras of La Presse in Montreal was convinced that Avan was "destined to become a very important pianist." Read More...